Manchester City have already set plenty of impressive records in the Premier League. They will break more. Including some of their own.
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Most goals in a debut season and most goals in a season (30, 32)
I think you all know what I’m getting at here. Erling Haaland has just about adapted to life in the Premier League and will smash a host of records in his first full season. Heck, he will probably have broken this record by the time the World Cup comes around.
In 1999-2000, Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips scored 30 goals in his first season in the top flight; 22 years on, that record still stands. He is one of few to take the absolute piss out of Our League in his first season.
Haaland already has 14 league goals this term. He is almost halfway to equaling Phillips’ record with 30 games to spare. He’s not bad.
While we are on about the Norweigian battering defences across the country, he will also smash Mohamed Salah’s overall record of 32 goals in a 38-game season, which was recorded in 17-18 – his first year at Liverpool. And it will probably happen this season.
Most home wins in a season (18)
Now, this one is perhaps a bit debatable as the record is 18, meaning a team would have to win all of their home games. But it is not too far-fetched.
Four different clubs hold this record: Chelsea 2005/06, whose dropped home points came against Charlton Athletic (1-1); Manchester United 10/11 (2-2 vs West Brom); Manchester City 2011/12 (3-3 vs Sunderland) and 2018/19 (2-3 vs Crystal Palace); and Liverpool 2019/20 (1-1 vs Burnley).
There isn’t much to say about this one other than I fancy City to win 19 out of 19. Failing that, Mikel Arteta’s tricky Reds are looking pretty good. Beat Liverpool this weekend and it’s on like Donkey Kong.
Oldest player to play in the top flight (43 years 162 days)
John Burridge had more clubs than Tiger Woods. According to his Wikipedia page, he played for seven different teams in 1994 and 1996 alone, making it 16 in total between 1994 and 1997, the year he retired.
Currently a goalkeeping consultant for Kerala Blasters in India (according to the aforementioned and incredibly reliable Wikipedia, anyway), Burridge played more games for Blackpool than any other side and in May 1995 he became the oldest player to play in the Premier League at 43 years and 162 days old. He was in the sticks for Manchester City against…
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